Thanks to Samsung and Google, the 2025 Android upgrade cycle has begun.

Hello, friends! Welcome to come Installer No. 68, the best guide and edgeThe biggest things in the world. (If you are new here, welcome, I hope you will be warm and insane, and you can also read all old editions. Installer Homepage.)

I am reading this week Keeeran Culkin and Unknown and Ebay for cool startup itemsI’m looking at me Wild robot,,, I think a lot about shopping habits while watching Mega brand that built the United States,,, Add a group Baseus opening and closing cable On my travel kit, I play an amazing browser -based expression of atari games. pitfall!,,, New test Spark calendar In the case of Android, I want to copy the delicious appearance of Babish Morning sandwich.

In addition, the biggest call in Android World, the GPU has a GPU that all gamers want, impossible test for AI tools, and clever Google alternatives. Honestly, it was a little quiet for new things. To be honest, it is because it is a political confusion with the idiot after death. But we still have good things to talk about! let’s do it.

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• Samsung Galaxy S25. S25 Edge is the most interesting phone of Samsung this year and Ultra is probably the best phone call. But honestly, is the overall lineup a bit boring this time? Nevertheless, I am very grateful to the fact that Samsung’s shipping is delivering a flagship smartphone with a complete full function of $ 800. This is an Android phone that most people will end this year.
• Star Trek: Section 31. This is all about this new paramount plus movie. People still have strong emotions Star TrekWho knew?! But I love Michelle Yeoh, and I am happy to have excuses to return to the universe for the first time for the first time. In addition: 2 hours more movies and 10 hours of limited series.
• The last test of mankind. I think it’s a lot of fun, stimulating thoughts, and hard -to -minded tests that many researchers think of the last frontier of AI. (All models are now brilliant.) I just learned the tone of stabbing about the question.
• Embarrassment. To be honest, I haven’t found all of the actual search results of Perplexity, but the company really It is good to build a product that is fun to use. This new Android app is a step towards AI to do more work. operator It’s a feature, but there’s no price of $ 200 per month.
• Android 16 Public Beta. There aren’t many ways to turn new things this year, but the lock screen notification of the live activity style is wonderful. If you have a folding call, I like the coordination of the forced app size. I’m curious about the night mode camera upgrade.
• Night agent Season 2. I dug up the first season of the show. The second season is fun and fast.
• Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090. $ 2,000 is A steep It’s the price of the GPU, but NVIDIA’s latest beasts seem to be the best in 4K games. (It is not technically delivered by next week, but if you want one of them, you need to go early.)
• “Why streaming destroys typical sports fans. ” This is an economic research on sports rights and a cultural history of how sports are important on television from the beginning. Jenga Tower Cable Bundle is so good that I didn’t think of it.
• Brave. Brave is one of a better Google search engine and is an easy good idea for function. In the result, I raised the domain I wanted to see and ranked down. A little adjustment goes a long way.

Occasionally Mike McCue And I jump into Google Meet and drive each other about the future. MIKE is the CEO of the technical executive FLIPBOARD returning to Netscape Days, a realist of what technology is, and an optimist of a complete bleeding heart. It is what we mainly talked about lately SurfingFLIPBOARD’s new feed reader app.

I think surfing or similar things are the future. (There is something new leader and Project TapestryThere are similar ideas, but surfing is the most ambitious idea I’ve seen yet.) Social but single company is not controlled. It has been personalized, but only in that way you Choose. All of this is still very early in the early days, but it is clear that it is very different whenever X changes or Tiktok disappears.

Oh, and I have fun news: you Subscribe to surfing With the code “Installer” You can skip the waiting list and try the app. I need a Masto Don account right now, but MIKE says that BlueSky is coming soon.

still! I asked MIKE to share his home screen, and he gave me a glimpse of some of the feeds he enjoyed the most. Here is the information about his home screen, the app he uses, and why.

phone call : iPhone 16 Pro Max.

Wallpaper: I alternate between Apple’s Earth and family photos. Changing a wallpaper on iOS is easy and fun. Earth wallpaper is dynamic all day. I like how to remind it that it is just a small spot in space and time.

App: Apple MAPS, GAIA GPS, Windy, Sky Guide, Spotify, Google Calendar, Safari, Leica Fotos, Apple PHOTOS URF BETA.

If there is one take -out here, I am a weird person, and I am hopelessly addicted to news and social media.

The grace of my salvation is that I can go outside the fair. I recently switched to Apple Maps (I like presentations when driving). Gaia Trail on hiking or mountain bicycles. frightened It is the best weather app (I bought a premium subscription for sailing). That is, I think Mummy Dar “Is it raining? And how long? ” I use it Sky Guide Amazing amount. It is especially fun to discover and track planets and space stations with my children.

In the lower right corner, there is the most used app because it can be easily reached with one hand. Among these, Apple Notes is the place I spend the most time. This is where I do all my thoughts, plans and writing for my work and life. I know that there is a more powerful alternative, but the notes are very simple and just working.

For social media, I mix Mastodon (use it ivory), BlueSky and Three main apps of social web. I also like something new Pixelfed App. It was not only based on ActivityPub, but also the same as Instagram. A few years ago, I stopped the publication because the post was so noisy in the Instagram. It is better to share the picture again.

I also asked MIKE to share some things in Surf now. The following is as follows:

• nbathreads David Rushing: Real -time commentary of fans of threads and bluesky fans during the game. Many great videos and podcasts between games.
• Film feed David IMEL: Beautiful photo of the movie photographer’s list. Like Instagram for movie fans.
• Fediver Author: Tim Chambers: My feed to connect with those who build social web.
• SkyTalk: The trend video of the Bluesky and the #skytok tag. Also available Directly on Bluesky With custom feed.

The following is as follows: Installer The community is this week. I want to know what you are doing now! email Installer@theverge.com Or signal – @davidpierce.11 ​​-Please send me a message with the recommendation for everything. Check out the reply to see a greater recommendation. Thread A post and This post about Bluesky.

“Nothing was published Very interesting video The design of iOS and Android can have a different impact on the mental state, and how other cultures generally approach the design. Very interesting things. ” -TEO

“UFO 50! In the 80s, we truly edited 50 new retro style indie games built around virtual game companies. All I played and played only 15 games so far. ” -Jelly

“Look at It is not allowed to follow otherThree new women’s basketball leagues in TNT / Trutv / Max! It’s so fun to see the best basketball players playing in different formats and more spaces. ” -Renata

“I got it Miyi a30 It was installed this week spruce (Custom firmware) It is on the top and now plays a game Pokemon yellow heritage This is because I needed a comfortable food that caused nostalgia to deal with everything that is in progress right now. ” -Beeks

“I just ended Kevin can f ** k In Netflix. I think it was how old it was, but it was so good. I like the storytelling device used every time Kevin is around. All of the families-The style sitcom and the rest were shot like a dark comedy. ” -JK

“I spent a lot of time abrasion Building feed for Bluesky! They are actually doing great things for the community, customized feeds are very fast and fun, and can be used for those who do not. ” Kerha

“I also like the shades. It’s been a long time, but it’s beautiful and addictive and it’s a wonderful way to distract the collapsed world around me. ” -Brad

“last week silo The season finale was incredible and I started too. wool (The first of the book series) And it’s a really fun reading. How quickly this book has subsided -it’s only 40 %through the story !! ” -Andy

“I have been doing a lot of work DragonsweeperIt is the same as mine I crossed with the dungeon crawlers. At first it is difficult, but it hurts. ” -Sophie

“This playlist Old -style weather channel song My brother sent me. It has been my sound track for the last few days. Just sit down and wash you the perfume that tries to get predictions for the default cable. ” – mike

A few weeks ago at CES, I was talking to a new friend at the show floor. I looked at him foolishly. “As you know Hitchhiker Guide Man? “Yeah, no, I got it. What the Internet?

In 1999, ADAMS wrote an essay from the title. “How to stop worrying and how to learn how to love the Internet” and wow Do you keep it as a way of thinking about the world we live in after 26 years? Here is one quote:

“Another problem with the net is that computer scientist Bran Ferren is a memorable ‘technology’ and ‘technology’, as ‘technology’ is still ‘technically defined.’ We no longer think of chairs as technology, but just think of them as chairs. But there were times when we had a lot of legs, how tall we are, and when we try to use them. Not long after, the computer will not be able to recognize things as trivial and rich as chairs (like grains of paper or sand, about decades, and grains of sand). ”

I think about this essay every day. The more you change, the more it remains. And perhaps we must be comforted by it.